#Knowyourstation.Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Gomoh Railway Station.******************************************#History:- Gomoh is a census town in Dhanbad districtin the Indian state of Jharkhand. It is a majorrailway...more...

junction (renamed Netaji SubhasChandra Bose Gomoh railway station on 23January 2009) situated on the Grand ChordLine under Dhanbad division of the EastCentral Railway. Gomoh is the meeting pointfor trains coming from Howrah (EasternRailway), Ranchi/Bokaro (South EasternRailway) and Puri (South Eastern Railway).Gomoh is a place of historical importancealso. On his great escape, Netaji SubhashChandra Bose caught Howrah- Kalka Mail(then known as 63UP Howrah-PeshawarExpress) on 18 January 1941. There is astatue of Netaji on platform no. 1 & 2 atGomoh railway station which reminds peopleof his historic halt. Every year on 23 January,the railway employees organize a smallcultural program to celebrate Netaji'sbirthday. People of this city also organize aweek-long fair in Railway Football Groundstarting from 11 March every year inremembrance of the assassinated 'LabourLeader' Sadanand Jha. There are two bigplaygrounds in Gomoh.******************************************#Stationinformation:-#Electrified:-Yes.#Noofplatforms:-6.#Zone:-ECR.#Division:-Dhanbad.#Ownedby:-IR.#Parking:-Available.#Baggagechecking:-Available.******************************************#Locoshed&yard:-Gomoh is having ELS as well as Mughalsarai in ECR & holding the freight locomotives like WAG-7 & WAG-9,earlier Gomoh was also holds the WAP-7 too.

#Knowyourstation.Steel City no.2 of Jharkhand:-Bokaro Steel City.*******************************************#History:- The railway station and the surrounding areaswere earlier called Maraphari, in what wasthen...more...

Hazaribagh distrct. The surroundingareas are still referred to as Maraphari. Withthe construction of the Bokaro Steel Plant, therailway station was renamed Bokaro SteelCity.Amongst the railway lines earlier laid in thearea was the Grand Chord of East IndianRailway Company which was opened in 1906.With the opening up of coalfields in the areabetween Gomoh and Barkakana, came theGomoh-Barkakana line in 1927.The BengalNagpur Railway built the line from Nagpur toAsansol and opened it for goods traffic in1891.The line was extended to Gomoh in1907 and the Mohuda-Chandrapura link camein 1913.The construction of the 143 kilometres (89 mi)long Chandrapura-Muri-Ranchi-Hatia linestarted in 1957 and was completed in 1961.*******************************************#Stationinformation:-#Opened:-1961.#Electrified:-Yes(1986-89).#Zone:-SER.#Ownedby:-IR.#Stationcode:-BKSC.#Parking:-Available.#Baggagechecking:-Available.#Noofplatforms:-3.#Status:-Functioning.*******************************************#Electrification:- Railway lines in the Bokaro area (includingBokaro Steel City Yard) were electrified in1986-89.*******************************************#Locoshed&yard:- Bokaro Steel City has a diesel loco shed withWDM-2 ),WDM-3A,WAG-5,WAG-7 locos. Bokaro Steel Cityhas an Electric Locomotive Shed. It has alarge yard for Bokaro Steel Plant .*******************************************#Amentities:- Bokaro Steel City railway station has 5double-bedded non-AC retiring rooms and afour-bedded dormitory. ****************************************#Notabletrains:- notable trains.12801/12802 Purushottam Express.12875/12876 Neelanchal Express.12439/12440 Ranchi Rajdhani Express.12825/12826 Jharkhand Sampark Kranti Express.18103/18104 Jallianwala Bagh Express.22823/22824 Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express.12019/12020 Ranchi Howrah Shatabdi Express.22805/22806 New Delhi Bhubaneswar Superfast Express Via Sambalpur.12831/12832 Dhanbad Bhubaneswar Garib Rath Express.13351/13352 Dhanbad Allapuzha Express. ****************************************#Majorindustries:-SAIL,Electrosteel Castings Limited,Bokaro Jaypee Cement Limited,Bokaro Power Supply Co Pvt Ltd.,BIADA.****************************************#Placesofinterest:- Bokaro Steel Plant main gateJaggannath mandir Bokaro,Ram mandir,Bokaro,Sri Sri Kalika Maharani Temple,Ayappa Temple,City park Bokaro,Garga Dam,Parasnath Hills,Rajarappa.

#Knowyourstation.Welcome To The Steel City:-Jamshedpur(Tatanagar).******************************************#History:- The Tatanagar Railway Station is more than acentury old. Sakchi was identified as the idealsite...more...

for the envisaged steel plant in December1907. In 1910, the village Kalimati which wasnear to sakchi got itself a railway station onBNR's Howrah-Bombay route.The railwaysfrom then on was the life-line of the steelplant established by the Tatas. The name ofthe Railway station was later changed toTatanagar in honour of its founder JamsetjiTata . Tatanagar—Rourkela section was thesecond 25kV AC electrified section of thecountry, the first being Burdwan-Mughalsarai(in 1957).The Tatanagar Railway Station was built byfamous Railway Contractor of the town, NanjiGovindji Taunk and his son Ranchhod NanjiTaunk of Nanji Govindji & Sons of Bistupur ,who belonged to KGK Community, acommunity noted for their contributions inbuilding Railway lines of India.******************************************#Services:- Tatanagar railway junction is an importantstation in the Howrah —Mumbai route, and toother places such as New Delhi , Chennai, andOrissa . It is the second biggest station ofSouth Eastern Railway in terms of passengerfootfalls per day. It falls under SouthEastern Railway Zone and Chakradharpurdivision. More than a 100 trains ply from thisroute at any given day. It is also a majortransit point for citizens from various parts ofthe state. It is one of the busiest trunk routessection of Eastern India mainly due to beingin the main line for passengers as well asgoods train. It currently has 6 platforms. 5are for major trains while one (platform 1B)is used for some passenger trains.******************************************#Facilities:- The station is a category A station and housesall the major facilities like Waiting rooms,Cafeteria, Bookshop, etc. Existing facilities arebeing revamped for developing it as modelstation. The linking of the existing footbridgeto outside of the railway station has beencompleted which before produced a hugerush of passengers from the main gate whichwas quite troublesome for the incomingpassengers.The entry of vehicles in the station premiseshas been banned, it is only allowed if aspecial ticket(zero value) is brought.It hasbeen done in order to avoid overcrowdingnear the main gate. The auto-rickshaws nowhave a special lane for entry and exit. Theentry and exit points now have computerizedmonitoring units that check vehicles enteringand coming out of the railway station. Closecircuit television cameras have been installedin the parking area to monitor the people aswell as vehicles. The station has also wonthe award for "best maintained station ofSouth Eastern Railway Division for the year2009-2010." The station is set to undergo massive re-modernization seeing the increased influx ofpassengers. Some of them are:Shifting up of unreserved ticket countersfrom the existing premises to thecomputerized passenger reservation systembuilding. The unreserved counters will takethe ground floor while the reservationcounters would be shifted to first floor. The existing parcel office at pf 1 is shiftedto be shifted to extended region of theplatform near the vehicle over bridge toreduce congestion. A new entrance from the burmamines endwould be made to facilitate passengers fromSakchi, Golmuri, Telco areas. The old vehicleover bridge would be used as a foot bridgefor entry of passengers. Ticket counters arealso to be made at that end.Separate lanes as well as parking facilitiesfor public and private vehicles in order toreduce congestion near the entrance. The proposed second footbridge has alsobeen sanctioned.The Railway Station is a major station ofSouth Eastern Railway's and houses anumber of non-passenger related facilitieslike Loco sheds,Washing lines etc. in itspremises. A new advanced washing line isalso coming up in the complex.Apart from this Adityapur has a goods yardwhich is used by Tata Steel for parkingpurpose. A proposed sick line is also going tocome up there. The station facilities(yard) arebeing enhanced seeing need arising out ofthe ongoing expansion of the Tata Steel plantfrom 6.8 MT to 10 MT.******************************************#Otherinformations:- Coordinates 22°46′12″N 86°12′41″E﻿ / ﻿22.786.21139°ELine(s) Tatanagar-Bilaspur sectionHowrah-Nagpur-Mumbai line.Asansol–Tatanagar–Kharagpur.Tatanagar-Gourmahisani-Badampahar branch line.Platforms:-5.Parking Available (computerizedBicyclefacilitiesAllowedBaggagecheckNot AvailableOther informationOpened 1910Electrified YesAccessibleStation code TATAOwned by Indian RailwaysFare zone South Eastern RailwayTrafficPassengers () approx. 60000 per day.******************************************#Placesofinterest:-Bistupur Market,Sakchi Market,Jubilee Park,Hudko Dam,Dimna Lake.******************************************#Industries:-TATA Steel & TELCO. ****************************************#Locoshed&yard:-Tatanagar is having ELS & holds the WAG-5,WAG-7,WAG-9,WAM-4,WAP-4 Locomotives.

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